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US Police/Detective TV Show recommendations?

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  • 28-07-2018 11:50am
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    Movie Maestro
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    Hey all,

    My sister is sick right now and asked me to recommend some US Police/Detective TV shows she can watch. She's in her 40's and these are the kinds of TV shows she likes....

    Law & Order SVU
    Chicago Fire
    Blue Bloods
    Chicago PD
    Ray Donovan
    Chicago Med

    Can anyone recommend TV shows for her in the same style of genre please? She is not interested in documentaries in all.

    Cheers in advance :D


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    fman
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    Some of the lighter stuff I would like and might suit in this kind of situation would be Castle, the Mentalist, New Tricks, Elementary.
    Haven't seen enough of it but Bones could fall into a similar category.


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    Fann Linn
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    Gotta see 'Taggart'.


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    HeidiHeidi
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    Not sure if it's exactly what you're after but Happy Valley (both series) was fantastic.


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    Movie Maestro
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    fman wrote: »
    Some of the lighter stuff I would like and might suit in this kind of situation would be Castle, the Mentalist, New Tricks, Elementary.
    Haven't seen enough of it but Bones could fall into a similar category.

    Thanks for the recommendations fman! I'll pass them on. Anyone else:D


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    Movie Maestro
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Not sure if it's exactly what you're after but Happy Valley (both series) was fantastic.

    Thanks HeidiHeidi!


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    Movie Maestro
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    Fann Linn wrote: »
    Gotta see 'Taggart'.

    A classic alright:pac:


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    silverharp
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    Bosch is a great show and a bit different as its a rolling plot over each series

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    moby2101
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    silverharp wrote: »
    Bosch is a great show and a bit different as its a rolling plot over each series

    +1 for Bosch.
    Really good. Great story arc interwoven thru the seasons.
    One of the best police dramas I’ve seen in recent years


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    Tom Mann Centuria
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    Longmire is different from the average police series but absolutely worth watching, it's a classic imo.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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    Agent Coulson
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    Person of Interest.


    Shades of Blue.


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    Millem
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    Shades of blue.

    Quantico (fbi).

    Ransom (not police but professional negotiators in hostage situations).


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    Owryan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,024 ✭✭✭Owryan


    Homicide: Life on the Streets.

    An oldie but a goodie


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    cena
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    Forever. only got one season but it was good


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    Mr E
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    Definitely Longmire

    Also:
    Luther
    Line Of Duty

    Assuming you're not limiting yourself to US shows... All brilliant shows...


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    Harry Palmr
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    Police Squad, surely?


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    Jimbob1977
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    The Wire

    Law and Order: Criminal Intent

    Hill Street Blues

    Chips

    Movies: L.A. Confidential, Witness, Fargo, Colors, Heat, The Departed.


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    Marcusm
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    Code Black in preference to Chicago Med

    Each the comments re Bosch

    Try some classics like Prime Suspect, Morse etc.


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    blade1
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    Not US Shows but she shouldn't let that deny her.
    Line of Duty
    Unforgotten
    Broadchurch


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    stevenmu
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    Major Crimes is a must watch so, it's pretty similar to SVU but with enough style of it's own too.


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    Tauriel
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    Rizzoli & Isles
    Lethal Weapon
    Rookie Blue


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    JP Liz V1
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    Marcusm wrote: »
    Code Black in preference to Chicago Med

    Each the comments re Bosch

    Try some classics like Prime Suspect, Morse etc.

    Prime Suspect USA with Maria Bello is quite good

    Motive - interesting premise cop show
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    Nate--IRL--
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    A nod for Spiral (french) aka Engrenages. Also "The Bridge" aka Bron and "Forbrydelsen" aka the Killing (Swedish/Danish) .

    All highly recommended.

    Nate


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    kevthegaff
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    True detective


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    moby2101
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    Cardinal is too notch viewing also


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    Movie Maestro
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    OP here, thanks to everyone for the replies, she's got plenty of recommendations now :)


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    EmptyTree
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    Oldie but a goodie: A touch of Frost


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    The Black Oil
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    Lightweight/procedural - NCIS and probably anything from CBS's stable.

    Cable/serious - The Sheild, Homicide: Life on the Street.

    Happy Valley's more of a human drama than frontline policing, but still excellent. Couple of options on the subtitled side, as discussed earlier.

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    dermo2014
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    Southland


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    smelly sock
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    The Wire. Hands down the best tv show ever. EVER


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    Gorgeousgeorge
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    The shield

    True detective


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